--- title: Most whaling was banned in 1986. What happened to humpback whales af… — Whales · tree and pragmatics description: Most whaling was banned in 1986. What happened to humpback whales afterwards? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Whales» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/26-whales/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Whales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/26-whales/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Whales Most whaling was banned in 1986. What happened to humpback whales afterwards? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** ban, happen · **To what, where:** Most whaling, 1986 This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Whales» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/26-whales/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Most whaling was banned in 1986. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t11:1 # text = Most whaling was banned in 1986. 1 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 whaling whaling NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 banned ban VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 1986 1986 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ban** | past · passive | | Most whaling | | 1986 | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* What happened to humpback whales afterwards? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t11:2 # text = What happened to humpback whales afterwards? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 humpback humpback NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | to humpback whales; afterwards *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Their numbers recovered a lot ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t11:o1:1 # text = Their numbers recovered a lot 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 recovered recover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recover** | past | Their numbers | a lot | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} They turned into a new species ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t11:o2:1 # text = They turned into a new species 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 species species NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | They | | | a new species | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into species=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing changed at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t11:o3:1 # text = Nothing changed at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | participle | | | | all | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They died out completely ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t11:o4:1 # text = They died out completely 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 completely completely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die out** | past | They | | | | | completely *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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